2018 Season Recap:
9-4 with Red Box Bowl win over Michigan State
Oregon started the 2018 season 3-0 after facing Bowling Green State, Portland State, and San Jose State for their three non conference games. For their first Pac 12 game Oregon played #7 Stanford at home and lost 31-38. Oregon then won both of their next two games to bring them to 5-1 on the road at Cal and at home against Washington.
At 5-1 Oregon was ranked # 12 in the country going on the road to face #25 Washington State. Oregon lost to the Cougars 34-20 and would lose 2 of the next 3 games against Arizona and Utah, beating UCLA. At 6-4 Oregon fell out of the top 25 and didn’t make it back last season. The Ducks won their next two games against Arizona State, Oregon State to complete pac 12 play. They finished the season 9-4 with a bowl game win over Michigan State.
2018 Offense:
34.8 points per game, 3,222 passing yards, 2,332 rushing yards, 29 passing touchdowns, 28 rushing touchdowns
2018 Defense:
25.4 points per game allowed, 3141 passing yards allowed, 1907 rushing yards allowed, 23 passing touchdowns allowed, 13 rushing touchdowns allowed
2019 Oregon Ducks:
Head Coach:
Mario Cristobal (Career Record: 41-53)
Offensive Playmakers:
Senior QB #10 Justin Herbert-1602 yards 17 TDs 1 Interception
Sophomore RB #7 CJ Verdell-78 Carries 448 yards 5.7 Avg. 2 TDs
Junior WR #30 Jaylon Redd-26 Catches 260 yards 5 TDs
Defensive Playmakers:
Sophomore S #8 Jevon Holland-24 Tackles 3 Interceptions 2 Deflections
Senior LB #35 Troy Dye-33 Tackles 1 Sack 1 Interception 1 Deflection
Junior CB #4 Thomas Graham Jr.-23 Tackles 1 Interception 5 Deflections
Key Injuries:
Senior TE #27 Jacob Breeland- Out for the Season (Leg)- Leads team with 26 catches 405 yards 6 TD
S Jevon Holland-Questionable-injured in last week’s game vs Colorado
LB Troy Dye-Questionable-injured in last week’s game vs Colorado
Results: (5-1)
Oregon started the season on national television against Auburn. The Ducks took a 21-6 lead over the Tigers early in the third quarter, but Auburn’s freshman QB Bo Nix led a comeback and threw the game winning touchdown pass with 9 seconds left in the game. Week 2 the Ducks rebounded from their opening week loss to blowout Nevada 77-6 as Justin Herbert threw for 310 yards and 5 TDs.
Week 3, Oregon faced Montana Grizzlies, Justin Herbert had another big game with 316 yards and 5 TDs. Oregon beat Montana 35-3 to wrap up their nonconference schedule. Oregon played Stanford to open Pac 12 play week 4. Oregon won 21-6 as Herbert threw another 3 touchdown passes.
3-1 Oregon played 4-1 Cal at home in week 5 in a battle of two of the better defenses in the country. Oregon beat Cal 17-7 in QB Devon Modster’s first career start for Cal, after trailing 7-3 late in the third quarter. Last week Oregon hosted Colorado for their 4th home game in 5 weeks. Oregon’s defense intercepted Colorado Qb Steven Montez 4 times and beat Colorado 45-3.
Oregon has played dominant defensively so far this season. After allowing 27 points week 1 to Auburn they have held all other teams under 7 points and won 5 straight games. The 8.7 points per game allowed is third best in the country this season. Herbert has thrown for 16 touchdowns so far this season although 10 of them came in two games vs. Nevada and Montana.
Oregon has played well so far this season but hasn’t had to face much adversity and have had a fairly easy schedule, their two toughest opponents have had QBs playing in their first college start. Also Oregon has only had one true road game at Stanford where the crowd is never very engaged. This week the Ducks will also be dealing with key injuries on offense and defense for the first time this season. Circumstances considered the Huskies could be set up to upset the 12th ranked Oregon Ducks this week in Seattle.
